Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-27
A MAD MURDERER.
A War Veteran shoots His Mistress and
Cuts Bis Own Throat.

Cuts bis Own Throat.
New YORK, September 26.-A Middle
ton special says: The northern suburb of
this town, near the type factory Was
aroused st o'clock yesterday morning By
woman appearing on the street in her
night dress stained with blood and scream
ing murder" The woman was Mrs.
Sarah Henderson, widow of VIM. NJ. Hen
derJon, of the S7th New York volunteers,
who died while in service. She draws a
widows pension of $12 per month and
lives with her young son, at the scene of
the tragedy. There has lived with the
widow Henderson for twelve years past an
unmarried veteran named Walter c.
Brown. The family slbsisted on his pen
sion Of % per month He was somewhat
eccentric and melancholy, but was never
thought OF unsound mind.
The family retired as usual Saturday
night, Brown occupying a bed and Mrs.
Henderson lounge in one room, her son
sleeping in the room adjoining. Mrs
Henderson says she was awakened shortly
after three by the explosion of a pistol
close to her face. The bullet cut its way
through her hair, splintering her comb
and lodging in the lounge. By the fash
OF the pistol she recognized Brown stand
ing over her, revolver in hand. As she
sprang to her feet a second shot struck her
in the left shoulder, inhicting a severe
wound. Her screams aroused her son,
who came to her rescue, and in the desper-
ate struggle with the would.be murderer
another shot was fired, but the ball en-
tered the ceiliug overhead.
The pistol was then knocked from
Browns hand to the floor and the woman
and her son took advantage of the oppor-
tuuity to tiy into the street and call for
help. NeighbOrs soon gathered and
policeman arrived aud entered the room
which was the scene of the attempted muir
der and where Brown had remained. The
officer found him lying dead on his blood
soaked bed with well sharpened jack
knife still grasped in his hand and with
which he had cut IA frightful cash in his
throat, scyering the iugular vein. The
cause OF the horrible deeu is unknown.
LIVELY FOR THE STANDARD.
Prosecuting witness Rice Claims he Can
Give Proofs of Railroad Disc crIminatiOn.
PARHERSBURG re-, September 2G The case
OF the State OF Ohio against the railroads
to revoke their charters for freight rate dis
elimination is not over yet in this city.
When the United States Commissioner was
here week ago the intention was to place
ex-senator Camden on the stand, but he
was away. In day or two Commissioner
Richards will resume the taking of testi-
mony, when the books Of the Camden Con-
sOlidated Company will e inspected, so far
rs the ruling OF Judge Jackson permitted
it. The testimony to be obtained is ex-
pected to show some startling discrimina-
tiOus in the way of freight rates, and al
though, under the ruling, the connection
of the Camden Consolidated Company with
the Standard cannot be shown from the
books, still an understanding between it
and the railroads is expected to appear.
The result is awaited with interest.
In the meantime George Rice is unload
ing at Marietta barrels of evidence against
the Standard, which he has been collecting
for the past ten years. While not a party
10 the proceedings in point OF law, he is
personally Iargely inJeresteu rs ah Oh i'-
finer in the outcome.